Dual enrollment refers to programs that allow high school students to enroll in postsecondary courses. This issue brief provides an overview of dual enrollment programs in Colorado, including concurrent enrollment, the Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-tech) and early...

This memorandum presents the 2018 Legislative Council Staff forecast for the state public institutions of higher education. The forecast provides projections of resident and nonresident full-time equivalent (FTE) student enrollment and College Opportunity Fund (COF) FTE enrollment for the...

Approximately one-third of new students entering Colorado’s public four-year institutions of higher education are transfer students from another school. This issue brief provides an overview of credit transfers between public institutions of higher education in Colorado, including the...

State-supported institutions of higher education rely on tuition revenue and public funding to pay for operating expenses. State funding for higher education is provided to the institutions based partly on each institution’s role and mission, the number of resident students the school enrolls,...

Accreditation refers to an external review process used to analyze colleges, universities, and other educational programs for academic quality and accountability. For institutions and programs of higher education in the United States, accreditation is a voluntary process; however, it is also the...